On Tuesday, Taiwan issued a land warning and evacuated more than 3,000 residents as Typhoon Fung-wong approached its coast. The storm, though weakening, is expected to bring heavy rain and flooding to the island’s mountainous eastern and southern regions.

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• 3,337 people evacuated from four counties and cities to safer zones.
•  Fung-wong expected to make landfall Wednesday near Kaohsiung, a key port city.
•  Storm to cross southern Taiwan, then re-enter Pacific Ocean via Taitung and Hualien.
•  President Lai Ching-te urged people to avoid mountains and coastal areas.
•  Hualien and Yilan counties shut schools and offices as precaution.
•  Guangfu town evacuated after past deadly floods in September killed 18 people.
•  Typhoon to spare Hsinchu, home to TSMC, world’s largest chipmaker.
•  In the Philippines, the storm earlier killed 18 people, mostly from landslides.
•  28 injured and 2 missing reported by civil defence officials in the Philippines.
•  Authorities monitoring for flooding, landslides, and strong winds in Taiwan’s south and east.